Making Sense of a Tragedy

The Advocate's editor in chief invites the LGBT community to participate in a discussion about how we can prevent more senseless killings of young people like Lawrence King.

BY Anne Stockwell

March 27 2008 12:00 AM ET

Our community has responded with strong emotion to our cover story on the murder of 15-year-old Lawrence King. A number of voices whom we respect have objected to our raising difficult questions about what we can and must do to protect our gender-nonconforming youth.

We welcome this debate. Indeed, sparking this kind of dialog is at the core of our editorial mission. It is the crux of our service to the community. We hope you will share your thoughts with us, on this story and on all the work we do.